How Technologies Makes the Sci-Fi World Real With Their Transparent Smart Windows

The Hollywood Blockbuster movie Minority Report starring Tom Cruise had left us all gasping in wonder when they first showed us a window that also serves as a screen, which we wrote off as fanciful science fiction. However, technology companies often use science fiction as a medium of inspiration for their new inventions, which is how Transparent Smart Windows came into being.

Don’t be fooled when you come across an innocuous looking window anymore. Chances are that the plain looking window can be a monitor as well. This spectacular invention had been revealed earlier in 2012 and is already under the process of production.

You would be left speechless with wonder as you see a standard window transform itself into a translucent screen with different apps and icons rippling against it, which you can move around at the slightest touch of your fingertips, just like how Tom Cruise did in his movie. It even serves as an electronic blind.

The LCD touch-screen is completely transparent, so that it can be fitted onto windows of varying sizes and proportions, provided that they are up to forty six inches big and allows a brilliant resolution for 1366×768 pixels. The smart window is also completely interactional, making its operation functions very easy.

The smart window screen has several functions. You can attach it to a window and use it as a beautiful picture frame when not in use. At other times it also serves as a high definition television set or when it’s not serving any important purpose it can just be a standalone window, waiting to wow whoever comes near it.

The smart window also operates as a mirror. Most importantly it is designed with one side working as a one way mirror. This feature prevents anyone looking in through the window from the outside, granting security for your smart window. The developers in charge of making this awesome window screen tell us that the screen can also be used on the wind shields of cars, to draw out readout displays, which are essential for traveling distances as these.

Just picture windscreens on a car where all the information about it is displayed right in front of you on what was previously clear glass, instead of you having to glance down at the dashboard at all times. The displays show essential gauges like speed and petrol and can also display a map to direct you. The best part is that you can swipe the screen clean once you’re done using it.

The company that has progressed most in making Transparent Smart Windows a reality is Samsung. Their technology is a magnificent wonder to behold. When you remove the Back Light Units, or the BLUs, you can actually see all the way through the display in sight to a place much beyond your tangible dimension. This panel is even more magnificent at night because of the inclusion of a special unit of back light which is completely transparent, meant to act like a light source when there are no natural sources of light around.

This is also a power saving technique, as without BLUs, there is little drainage of power. Conventional liquid crystal display screens have Back Light Units, which are the primary power guzzlers in the screen. The privacy screen is basically the screen turning into a one way mirror as mentioned above, which also saves power.

The features of Transparent Smart Windows are just as awesome as their design. The display with its 1366×768 pixel resolution provides you with a movie viewing experience like no other. Imagine playing video games on a screen that big, with the graphics popping out of the screen. It is an experience any gamer would love to have. Imagine the result that would play out after you compare deals on naked DSL on this screen.

The smart windows also include USB and HDMI ports for accessibility. Compare deals on naked DSL and you will find out how you can best use them to your advantage. With smart-screens the computers seen in Minority Report functioning on sheets of glass will be more of a reality than using desktop monitors, which are almost obsolete.

When smart windows actually hit the markets, which Samsung says will be very soon, presumably by the end of the year, the technology world will undergo another revolution, as we move one step ahead towards catching up to science fiction.

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The above article is written by Roxanne Peterson

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